Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-22
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
There Wiz be . g-iradily EBcceas Ing
H8ma GamaY;l iyr Texas HGrses
in sTesG TeXabs
Css Llano Cattle Company VIII Go Into
Grading IN a systematic Tsy-souafss
era SJaesmen ENCOURAGED ~

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Mr.. n. K. Wolf of Lampas.s hsd three
car losds Of stock csttle al Polk's yards
yesterday, which ne IS taking TO Washita,
Kan, for grazing. His stock was in very
good condition and did not bear &nY sp-
.pesrsnce of having run on bad pasture,
Fbut hi Wolf said the grass is very short
in the neighborhood OF Lampasas End
fesrs we're entertained Of the csttle that
winteCed there coming through in good
fix in the spring.
Colonel J. j. Young, president Of TIE
Llano Cattle Company, yesterday said
Une policy Of that company for the next
year will be to breed for better class Of
stock. II is nov intended that 1000 good
COWS will be cut out and separated from
the rest OF the stock. Among these will
be turned number of high grade bulls,
about one to every fifteen COWS, and in that
way the system OF breeding will be set on
foot. The company has already some $50
fine bulls which they hive bought up III
small numbers through the last two years.
They are mostly Herefords with some
Durhams and Holsteins and other breeds.
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Mr. J. VI. KiTkendeH led twelve car-
loads of stock st Folks stock yards on
Monday. TIE csttle were from Lamets,
LIS Sale county, going TO Kansas City and
were good locking lot Of stock. The
gentleman is dlSposing CT his cattle in
order to clear his range for better grade
OF animals. The boom brought about by
the introduction on systematic scale Of
prickly pear feeding in South Texas has
had the effect of encouraging stock
raisers to devote more attention to the
matter Of the quality of their beef, and
this movement by Mr.. Kirkendall is only
sn example Of what is being done by
many southern Texas stock-raisers. He
will probably select several head Of
thoroughbred Herefords from those now
on sale in Fort Worth, when he returns
from the north.
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4 TIE Cotulla Times, in an article show
| ing the benefits TO be expected from the
feeding of prickly pear, says the i'm
| portant question for stock feeders to IN
derstsnd is as TO how much meel,
together with pear, and their relative
proportions, is necessary to fatten COWS,
| beeves. ETC., and that this is altogether
owing to the condition OF the animals
when the feeding is commenced. For in
stance: II is well computed that sixty
dsys Is sufficient time to feed
COWS that are in good condition,
and that from 500 TO $50
pounds of meal per head, is ample, whilst
poor stock would need from 450 to 500
pounds per head, ana from 80 to 100 days
feeding. Beeves from three years old and
upward, uGless quite fA5 81 the beginning,
should have 81 least ninety days end from
$50 to 500 pounds msal. Cows ere much
EASIER fed and haGGlcd than beeves, from
the fact thss they are gentler naturally
and do rOs stampede. There will be
about $500 tons Of meal fed in the vicinity
of CotulIs this season, which will put
some 1O, 900 head Of rice corn fed cattle
on the market.
The trade in Texas horses gives every
promise Of being very heavy next year, ST
least SO thinks Mr.. Dulany, the Fort
Worth dealer. a big demand has slready
shown itself in the eastern and south
eastern ststes for this Glass OF horses
and q great many COW ponies will be
bought up by ranGhmen everywhere, sc
there is reason to believe dealers in light
norses will be kept busy through the sea-
SCH. OGe dealer said yesterday that the
fact Of so many stockmen making feed
crops in the west would have Ger
tain influence on the business, as
@ greater number Of horses would bs
required to carry on their business.
There will be q steady increasing demand
for these animsls in Western Texas SO
long as immigrants continue to fi1W in
there and settle upon the land, for the
psilve horseis better adapted to the light
WORK required on the peculiarly light soil
Of that section than any other. The same
remarks apply to mules. A cross of s
light Texas mare with one of the large
northern jacks produces an animal ex-
actIy suited to the needs Of the Texas
tanner, or the farmer OF almost any part
e the south. Light, easily handled and
active, but withal sinewy and tough, such
IS the product Of the cr0ss, and to supply
the demand for such animals many peo-
pie have gone and are going into the ex-
elusive business of raising them.